“When I look at a person I see a person not a rank, no a class, not a title.” This quote from Criss Jami is an example of how much progress people have made to take the idea of a belonging to a certain changed a person. Sadly not everyone thought or thinks like that, much less people back in the mid 19th century. The further back we go the more we notice how separated each social class was and how depending on your social class people would perceive you in a different way. The most well-known separation in classes are low, middle, and high classes. The class you belonged to determined your career path, your living conditions and even what you wore.
It is not a secret that people usually get jobs depending on their social class. In general…show more content… Like explained previously the working class often worked in factories they would have to move to the cities in which the factories were located. The cities quickly ran out of space to accommodate everyone therefore living conditions quickly downgraded. Large families often had to live in places where they had to share a room. Running water was not a commodity lower class people had. To lower the amount of water that needed to be used people often used cesspits as restrooms. Living in conditions like these rose outbreaks of disease among these people.
Once again the wealthy had no idea what it was to live in those conditions. Their homes had multiple floors in which here were even enough rooms for the nannies and servants they also had rooms they used only to entertain their guests. Even the kitchen had its own separate floor, it was often located in the basement it was a large space with wooden tables and even sinks with piped water. Only the wealthy had access to the luxury which were bathrooms in the Victorian Era. The difference between the open spaces and large homes of the wealthy and the crammed one room living spaces for the poor are truly
